Loving the life you have

Yesterday wasn’t a typical day here at the office of Laura Marchbanks Photography. It started out that way, honestly it did. I rolled out of bed, avoided the mirror (oh internet, if you only knew), made my daily gallon of coffee, and settled in for my morning email. In my mind I have “office hours” of 9 to 5, but if I take a realistic eye at my day I’m working from the moment I wake up to the moment I lay my head to rest.

Hi my name is Laura, and I’m a work-a-holic.

It’s been 4 years (or more) since I took a real vacation, and most days I know more about what my twitter friends have done than my fiance. I have a really hard time detaching from my work. My business is me, and I am my business. I am under this illusion that if I work hard now I can enjoy life later, which is true! To a degree, HOWEVER, all this hard work is for what? Loving the resentment I feel when I get phone calls at 8 at night to do something that must be done immediately? Realizing that I was so busy over the summer I didn’t take the time to pick the tomatoes in my garden? Or hang my laundry on the line? Taking time for ME, my life, the things that feed my soul? no, no, no.

I digress.

Yesterday started out like many others, but the afternoon ended quite differently…. Am I building suspense yet? A few weeks ago I signed up for a workshop put on by my new BFF’s Justin and Mary Marantz called Spread the Love. Ok maybe we’re not BFF’s yet, but I know… I can feel it. We’re destined for BFFdom. I can really relate to them as a couple, their dreams, their values, their blogging. Signing up for Spread the Love wasn’t about the workshop, I knew it would be awesome, but had very few expectations about how it would impact ME, my business. I’m so incredibly thankful to them for putting this tour together. Their message is a simple one, love the life you live, and if you don’t – take the necessary steps to make that happen. We spent the entire evening talking about goals, dreams, financial freedom, career and life success. Yesterday was exactly what I needed in this immediate moment. I knew that going into 2010 I had all these changes I wanted to make in my life, but deciding exactly how they should be executed is quite a different matter.

This year is all about taking charge of my life, and my business in a whole new way. I have PLANS people! Thanks for tuning in, and if you’d like to get coffee with me and talk about life and love, let’s do it!

****And because everything is better with a picture, here is a little diddy of my Ladybug (who I am insanely missing this week because her grandparents decided it would be a good week for a visit at their house).

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